State filings from Berkshire Hathaway have revealed the salaries of some of Berkshire Hathaway's senior staff in 2011.

The chairman of tour operator Thomas Cook has reportedly rejected a proposal by a group led by two leisure industry veterans and backed by some shareholders to inject £400m into the company.

Chinese inflation has fallen to a 20-month low, giving further room for policymakers to stimulate the economy.

China has pledged to help resolve the eurozone debt crisis by investing in European bailout funds and continuing to hold euro assets.

Advanced economies, compared with emerging markets, have better fundamentals, but getting back to ‘normal' will be a multi-year process, says economist Nouriel Roubini, who forecasts up to a decade of weak economic growth in the US.

An independent Scotland would not automatically receive the AAA rating enjoyed by the UK and could find itself ranked several notches lower, ratings agencies have suggested.

Third party distributor Gemini and TwentyFour Asset Management have ended their partnership after three years.

A sharp contraction in the eurozone economy and further ECB intervention could put more pressure on the euro this year, said Philip Gibbs, manager of the £711m Jupiter Absolute Return fund.

Prime minister David Cameron has warned former Royal Bank of Scotland chief Sir Fred Goodwin may be stripped of his knighthood.

The UK is already back in recession and will not see any interest rate rises until at least 2016, according to economic thinktank the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR).